title: Psychometric properties and dimensional structure of the Spanish version of the Coping Responses Inventory-Adult Form.
abstract: One of the goals of psychological assessment focuses on the adaptation of its instruments to different populations. The objective of this study is to establish the psychometric properties and dimensional structure of the Spanish version of the Coping Responses Inventory-Adult Form (CRI-Adult, Moos, 1993). The following criteria were analyzed: a) descriptive statistics; b) internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha, and intercorrelations between scales); c) test-retest reliability (4-week interval); d) dimensionality of CRI-Adult (exploratory factor analysis); e) construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis); f) convergent criterion validity (correlations between CRI-Adult and Coping Strategies Indicator, CSI, Amirkhan, 1990), and g) predictive criterion validity (correlations between CRI-Adult, and SCL-90-R, Derogatis, 1983). The results, obtained with 800 adults from Barcelona and surrounding area (334 men and 466 women, aged between 18 to 76 years) indicate that the Spanish version of CRI-Adult has satisfactory psychometric properties that allow using this test with guarantee.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. tkirchner@ub.edu
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forns
authors.forename: Dàmaris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Noemí
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pereda
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires